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Movies Like The Body Punch

If you liked The Body Punch (1929), a crime and drama movie directed by Leigh Jason, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Killer Heat

    Killer Heat (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama

    An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.

  2. 2The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…

  3. 3Blue Story

    Blue Story (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a…

  4. 4Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  5. 5In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and crime

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  6. 6The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  7. 7The Double

    The Double (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and crime

    The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the…

  8. 8Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  9. 9Best of the Best 2

    Best of the Best 2 (1993)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his…

  10. 10One Night in Bangkok

    One Night in Bangkok (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    A hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop…

  11. 11True Believer

    True Believer (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…

  12. 12They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and romance

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

  13. 13Black Site

    Black Site (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…

  14. 14Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

  15. 15Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  16. 16The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime

    Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families…

  17. 17Empire

    Empire (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top…

  18. 18Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  19. 19Silverton Siege

    Silverton Siege (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.

  20. 20Supercross

    Supercross (2005)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

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